EM algorithm for image segmentation initialized by a tree structure scheme

IEEE Transactions on Image Processing

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 349-352

  Fwu, Jong Kae ^a   Djurić, Petar M ^a  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; TREES (MATHEMATICS); VECTOR QUANTIZATION;

EXPECTATION MAXIMIZATION TECHNIQUE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE BRAIN IMAGES; MARKOV RANDOM FIELD (MRF); MULTIVARIATE FINITE MIXTURES;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 0031076756     PISSN: 10577149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/83.551709     Document Type: Article

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